List of best-selling singles in 2012 (France)

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This is the list of the best-selling singles in 2012 in France. Rankings are based on the combined sales of physical and digital singles. [1]

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Top 200 singles

Pos.Artist(s)Single
1 Michel Teló "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
2 Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"
3 Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
4 Psy "Gangnam Style"
5 Adele "Skyfall"
6 Lykke Li "I Follow Rivers"
7 Lana Del Rey "Video Games"
8 Shakira "Je l'aime à mourir"
9 Sexion d'Assaut "Avant qu'elle parte"
10 Rihanna "Diamonds"
11 Asaf Avidan "One Day / Reckoning Song"
12 Birdy "Skinny Love"
13 Tacabro "Tacata'"
14 Gusttavo Lima "Balada"
15 Adele "Someone like You"
16 C2C "Down the Road"
17 Sexion d'Assaut "Ma direction"
18 Kid Cudi "Pursuit of Happiness"
19 Pitbull "Back in Time"
20 Sexion d'Assaut "Wati House"
21 Tal "Le sens de la vie"
22 Flo Rida "Whistle"
23 Rihanna "Where Have You Been"
24 Nicki Minaj "Starships"
25 Irma "I Know"
26 Fun featuring Janelle Monáe "We Are Young"
27 David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium"
28 LMFAO "Sexy and I Know It"
29 Shaka Ponk "My Name Is Stain"
30 Kavinsky "Nightcall"
31 David Guetta featuring Sia "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)"
32 Collectif Paris-Africa "Des ricochets"
33 will.i.am featuring Eva Simons "This Is Love"
34 DJ Antoine "Ma Chérie"
35 Matt Houston featuring P-Square "Positif"
36 Shy'm "Et alors !"
37 Keedz "Stand on the Word"
38 Adele "Rolling in the Deep"
39 Jose de Rico featuring Henry Mendez "Rayos de sol"
40 M83 "Midnight City"
41 Alex Ferrari "Bara Bará Bere Berê"
42 Pitbull featuring Chris Brown "International Love"
43 Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa "Payphone"
44 Adele "Set Fire to the Rain"
45 Jay-Z featuring Kanye West "Niggas in Paris"
46 Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars "Young, Wild and Free"
47 will.i.am featuring Britney Spears "Scream & Shout"
48 Marlon Roudette "New Age"
49 Khaled "C'est la vie"
50 Coldplay "Paradise"
51 Orelsan "La terre est ronde"
52 Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen "Good Time"
53 Foster the People "Pumped Up Kicks"
54 Birdy "People Help the People"
55 David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj "Turn Me On"
56 Alicia Keys "Girl on Fire"
57 BB Brunes "Coups et blessures"
58 Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. "Give Me All Your Luvin'"
59 Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love"
60 DJ Mam's featuring Jessy Matador and Luis Guisao "Zumba He Zumba Ha"
61 Jessie J "Domino"
62 Bruno Mars "Locked Out of Heaven"
63 Avicii "Levels"
64 Emeli Sandé "Next to Me"
65 Youssoupha "Dreamin'"
66 Chris Brown "Don't Wake Me Up"
67 Skip the Use "Ghost"
68 R.I.O. featuring Nicco "Party Shaker"
69 Emeli Sandé "Read All About It (Part III)"
70 Flo Rida "Good Feeling"
71 Breakbot "Baby I'm Yours"
72 Alex Clare "Too Close"
73 Flo Rida featuring Sia "Wild Ones"
74 Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull "Dance Again"
75 Taio Cruz featuring Flo Rida "Hangover"
76 Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera "Moves like Jagger"
77 Celine Dion "Parler à mon père"
78 Don Omar featuring Lucenzo "Danza Kuduro"
79 LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock "Party Rock Anthem"
80 Shakira "Addicted to You"
81 Simple Plan featuring Sean Paul "Summer Paradise"
82 Muse "Madness"
83 Selena Gomez & the Scene "Love You like a Love Song"
84 Moussier Tombola "Logobitombo"
85 Vanessa Paradis and -M- "La Seine"
86 Maroon 5 "One More Night"
87 Flo Rida "I Cry"
88 M. Pokora and Tal "Envole-moi"
89 Coldplay and Rihanna "Princess of China"
90 Keen'V "Les mots"
91Rod Janois"Ça ira mon amour"
92 Sean Paul "She Doesn't Mind
93 Gossip "Heavy Cross"
94 Bob Sinclar "Rock the Boat"
95 Mylène Farmer "À l'ombre"
96 Basto "Again and Again"
97 Lana Del Rey "Born to Die"
98 Katy Perry "Part of Me"
99 Axel Tony and Tunisiano "Avec toi"
100 LMFAO "Sorry for Party Rocking"
101 Mika "Elle me dit"
102 Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
103 Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"
104 Far East Movement featuring Justin Bieber "Live My Life"
105 Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"
106 Skrillex "Bangarang"
107 Global Deejays "Hardcore Vibes"
108 Lil Wayne featuring Bruno Mars "Mirror"
109 Canardo and Tal "M'en aller"
110 Earth, Wind & Fire "September"
111 Train "Drive By"
112 David Guetta featuring Usher "Without You"
113 Cascada "Summer of Love"
114 Drake featuring Rihanna "Take Care"
115 Basto "Cloudbreaker"
116 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Heads Will Roll"
117 Kristina Maria and Corneille "Co-Pilot"
118 Nicki Minaj "Pound the Alarm"
119 M. Pokora "Juste un instant"
120 Shakira featuring Freshlyground "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"
121 Keen'V "Ma vie au soleil"
122 One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful"
123 Les Enfoirés "Encore un autre hiver"
124 Shy'm "On se fout de nous"
125 Sexion d'Assaut "Problèmes d'adultes"
126 Usher "Scream"
127 Justin Bieber "Boyfriend"
128 Dry featuring Maître Gims "Ma mélodie"
129 Madonna "Girl Gone Wild"
130 Sexion d'Assaut "Balader"
131 Lana Del Rey "Blue Jeans"
132 The Wanted "Glad You Came"
133 Katy Perry "Firework"
134 Calvin Harris "Feel So Close"
135 Ellie Goulding "Lights"
136 Jenifer "Sur le fil"
137 Sean Paul "Hold On"
138 Katy Perry "Wide Awake"
139 Laurent Voulzy "Jeanne"
140 Jason Derülo "Breathing"
141 Kenza Farah and Soprano "Coup de coeur"
142 Chris Brown "Turn Up the Music"
143 The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"
144 Earth, Wind & Fire "Boogie Wonderland"
145 Ed Sheeran "The A Team"
146 Basto "I Rave You"
147 Rihanna "Talk That Talk"
148 Linkin Park "Burn It Down"
149 Far East Movement featuring Cover Drive "Turn Up the Love"
150 Ne-Yo "Let Me Love You"
151 Gossip "Perfect World"
152Wati-B featuring Big Ali "Watibigali"
153 DJ Mam's "Fiesta Buena"
154 Katy Perry "The One That Got Away"
155 Mylène Farmer "Du temps"
156 Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah"
157 Pink "Try"
158 Laza Morgan "One By One"
159 Rihanna "You da One"
160 Booba "Scarface"
161 Pink "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"
162 Kesha "Die Young"
163Pulcino Pio"Le poussin piou"
164 Tal "Je prends le large"
165 David Guetta featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne "I Can Only Imagine"
166 Lucenzo "Baila morena"
167 Wiz Khalifa "Work Hard, Play Hard"
168 One Direction "Live While We're Young"
169 Sultan featuring Rohff "4 Etoiles"
170 Bruno Mars "Marry You"
171 Havana Brown "We Run the Night"
172 Shaka Ponk "Let's Bang"
173 Amel Bent "Je reste"
174 Cobra Starship featuring Sabi "You Make Me Feel..."
175 Rihanna "Man Down"
176 The Black Keys "Lonely Boy"
177 Amel Bent "Délit"
178 Jenifer "L'amour & moi"
179Ornette"Crazy"
180 Metronomy "The Look"
181 Sexion d'Assaut "J'reste debout"
182 Selah Sue "This World"
183 Mike Candys and Jack Holiday "Children"
184 Selah Sue "Raggamuffin"
185 Swedish House Mafia "Greyhound"
186 Bastian Baker "Hallelujah"
187 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille "Pour la peine"
188 Scorpions "Still Loving You"
189 Sexion d'Assaut "Désolé"
190 Hardwell "Spaceman"
191 Radiohead "Creep"
192 Ludovico Einaudi "Fly"
193 Electric Guest "This Head I Hold"
194 Zaz "Eblouie par la nuit"
195 U2 "With or Without You"
196 -M- "Mojo"
197 Booba "Caramel"
198 Eagles "Hotel California"
199 Brooke Fraser "Something in the Water"
200 Robbie Williams "Candy"

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